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Acts 12:22
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The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!”
And the people gaue a shout, saying, It is the voice of a God, and not of a man.
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
And the people were shouting, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"
The people repeatedly cried out, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"
They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not a human!"
The assembled people kept shouting, "It is the voice of a god and not of a man!"
The people kept crying out, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"
And the assembly kept crying out, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"
And they began to shout, "This is the voice of a god, not a man!"
The people shouted, "You speak more like a god than a man!"
The mob cried out, "This is the voice of a god, not a man!"
And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.
The people shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not a man!"
And the people gaue a shoute, saying, The voyce of God, and not of man.
And all the people shouted, saying, This sounds like the voice of God speaking and not that of a man.
"It isn't a man speaking, but a god!" they shouted.
But the people began to call out loudly, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"
And the mass of people cried out, The voice of a god, and not of a man!
And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.
And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.
The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"
The people kept shouting, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man!"
But all the people exclaimed, and said, These are the words [fn] of a god, and not of a man.
And all the people shouted, and said: These are the utterances of a God, and not of a mortal.
And the people gaue a shout [saying] It is the voyce of God, & not of a man.
And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.
And the people shouted, It is the voice of God, and not of a man.
and the assembled people kept shouting, "It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!"
And the puple criede, The voicis of God, and not of man.
And the people shouted, [saying], The voice of a god, and not of a man.
And the people gave a shout, [saying], [It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.
But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"
And the people kept shouting, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"
The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, "It's the voice of a god, not of a man!"
They all started to speak with a loud voice, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man."
The people kept shouting, "The voice of a god, and not of a mortal!"
And, the populace, began to shout - A god's, voice, and not, a man's!
And the people made acclamation, saying: It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
And the people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of man!"
And the people gave a shoute sayinge: it is ye voyce of a God and not of a man.
and the populace were shouting, `The voice of a god, and not of a man;'
As for the people, they cried therto: This is a voyce of God, and not of a man.
at which the people gave a shout, saying, it is the voice of a God, and not of a man.
People applauded and cheered, "This is not a man talking, but a god!"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Acts 14:10-13, Psalms 12:2, Daniel 6:7, Jude 1:16, Revelation 13:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:5 - as gods Exodus 8:4 - General 1 Samuel 17:36 - seeing Job 20:5 - the triumphing Job 32:21 - flattering Job 40:11 - behold Psalms 9:20 - may Psalms 37:36 - General Psalms 92:8 - art most Psalms 94:3 - the wicked Psalms 138:6 - but the proud Proverbs 27:14 - He that Proverbs 28:4 - that Proverbs 30:9 - I be full Isaiah 14:15 - thou Isaiah 31:3 - the Egyptians Isaiah 36:4 - Thus saith Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Ezekiel 28:2 - I am Ezekiel 28:9 - say Daniel 4:31 - the word Daniel 5:11 - light Daniel 11:12 - his heart Acts 14:11 - The gods Acts 14:15 - We also Acts 28:6 - said 1 Corinthians 4:7 - why 1 Thessalonians 5:3 - then
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the people gave a shout,.... At the end of the oration; these were flatterers, as Josephus says in the place before referred to, who cried out one from another, saluting him as God; saying, be merciful to us, hitherto we have revered thee as a man, henceforward we confess thee somewhat more excellent than mortal nature: and so it follows here,
saying it is the voice of a God, and not of a man; the Vulgate Latin version reads, "the voices of God and not men"; and the Ethiopic version, "the city shouted in, or with the voice of God", with the voice of man; as if this referred to the acclamation of the people, and not the speech of the king; very wrongly.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the people gave a shout - A loud applause.
It is the voice of a god ... - It is not probable that the Jews joined in this acclamation, but that it was made by the idolatrous Gentiles. Josephus gives a similar account of their feelings and conduct. He says, âAnd presently his flatterers cried out, one from one place, and another from another (though not for his good), that he was a god; and they added, âBe thou merciful unto us; for although we have hitherto reverenced thee only as a king, yet shall we henceforth own thee as a superior to mortal nature.ââ It is true that Josephus says that this was done when they saw his splendid apparel, and that he gives no account of his addressing the people, while Luke describes it as the effect of his speech. But the discrepancy is of no consequence. Luke is as credible an historian as Josephus, and his account is more consistent than that of the Jewish historian. It is far more probable that this applause and adoration would be excited by a speech than simply by beholding his apparel.
